diff --git a/flang/include/flang/Semantics/tools.h b/flang/include/flang/Semantics/tools.h
--- a/flang/include/flang/Semantics/tools.h
+++ b/flang/include/flang/Semantics/tools.h
@@ -459,7 +459,10 @@
       name_iterator &nameIterator() { return nameIterator_; }
       name_iterator nameEnd() { return nameEnd_; }
       const Symbol &GetTypeSymbol() const { return derived_->typeSymbol(); }
-      const Scope &GetScope() const { return DEREF(derived_->scope()); }
+      const Scope &GetScope() const {
+        return derived_->scope() ? *derived_->scope()
+                                 : DEREF(GetTypeSymbol().scope());
+      }
       bool operator==(const ComponentPathNode &that) const {
         return &*derived_ == &*that.derived_ &&
             nameIterator_ == that.nameIterator_ &&
diff --git a/flang/include/flang/Semantics/type.h b/flang/include/flang/Semantics/type.h
--- a/flang/include/flang/Semantics/type.h
+++ b/flang/include/flang/Semantics/type.h
@@ -154,6 +154,9 @@
       : IntrinsicTypeSpec(TypeCategory::Character, std::move(kind)),
         length_{std::move(length)} {}
   const ParamValue &length() const { return length_; }
+  bool operator==(const CharacterTypeSpec &that) const {
+    return kind() == that.kind() && length_ == that.length_;
+  }
   std::string AsFortran() const;
 
 private:
diff --git a/flang/module/__fortran_type_info.f90 b/flang/module/__fortran_type_info.f90
--- a/flang/module/__fortran_type_info.f90
+++ b/flang/module/__fortran_type_info.f90
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
     type(DerivedType), pointer :: derived ! for category == Derived
     type(Value), pointer :: lenValue(:) ! (SIZE(derived%lenParameterKind))
     type(Value), pointer :: bounds(:, :) ! (2, rank): lower, upper
-    class(*), pointer :: initialization
+    type(__builtin_c_ptr) :: initialization
   end type
 
   type :: ProcPtrComponent ! procedure pointer components
diff --git a/flang/test/Semantics/typeinfo01.f90 b/flang/test/Semantics/typeinfo01.f90
--- a/flang/test/Semantics/typeinfo01.f90
+++ b/flang/test/Semantics/typeinfo01.f90
@@ -236,3 +236,14 @@
     type(t(*)), intent(in) :: x
   end subroutine
 end module
+
+module m12
+  type :: t1
+    integer :: n
+    integer :: n2
+    integer :: n_3
+    ! CHECK: .n.n, SAVE, TARGET: ObjectEntity type: CHARACTER(1_8,1) init:"n"
+    ! CHECK: .n.n2, SAVE, TARGET: ObjectEntity type: CHARACTER(2_8,1) init:"n2"
+    ! CHECK: .n.n_3, SAVE, TARGET: ObjectEntity type: CHARACTER(3_8,1) init:"n_3"
+  end type
+end module